On this date in 1949, a U.S. Air Force crew completed the first non-stop aerial circumnavigation of Earth – in B-50A bomber which had flown 23,452 miles in 94 hours and had been refueled in flight four times.

On this date in 1993, a bomb exploded in a garage of New York’s World Trade Center, killing six persons and injuring more than 1,000 persons. Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden declared war on the United States.